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Wine appellation · NY

Cayuga Lake

The Cayuga Lake appellation was established in 1988 and covers 117,762 acres across Cayuga, Seneca, Tompkins. It sits inside Finger Lakes.

Established1988
Area117,762 acres · 184 sq miles
CountiesCayuga, Seneca, Tompkins
Part ofFinger Lakes
Federal listing27 CFR 9.127
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How it came to be

Recognised by the federal government on petition by Knapp Farms, Inc. and Plane's Cayuga Vineyard, Inc..

117,762 acres

Neighbouring appellations


The boundary, as written into law

Every American wine appellation is defined in federal regulations by walking the boundary landmark by landmark. The official description of this one begins:

(1) Commencing at the intersection of State Route 90 with State Route 5 in Cayuga County, north of Cayuga Lake. (2) Then south along State Route 90 to a point approximately one mile past the intersection of State Route 90 with State Route 326. (3) Then south along the primary, all-weather, hard surface road, approximately mile, until it becomes State Route 90 again at Union Springs. (4) Then south-southeast along...

Boundary traced by the UC Davis Library from the official descriptions in federal regulation, and released under an open licence. Smoothed for manufacturing. Decorative use only, not for legal boundary determination.